The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-14
NO SCHOOL TEACHER, HE.
Two Chicago Thugs Make the Mistake OF
Their Lives-Appenrances Can't BIO Relied on.

Two Chicago Thur. Make the Mistake of
Their Lives-AppenrnncesC Can't BIO Relied on.
From the Chicago tribune.
1t was while the National Convention Of
Teachers was being held in Chicago some
state street, not far from Iolk.upon the To-
In one Of the levee 'dens the. barkeeper half
aozed, leaning iazily against the dirty shelves
sat two thugs hangors-on. Of the place. low
and pg They DRINK
listlessy In a low voice. Beneath another table
slept bulldog. The dog had but one eye It's
many a struggle in the pit, and its tail was but
suddenly the door opened and man came
In. His hair was cut short, evidently by q city
q the man Mailing from town Of 5000 people.
dressed Il was impossible to determine Tor he
se IS his sra a v hs no heard
walked. directly to the bar and called for
At once the room, awoke. The barkeeper
reused himself. seized glass. and with side
glanse at TT the e. two men at the table began
hasten. The bulldog rose, stretched himself.
and thon went over and examined the stran-
gently at tho barieeper and whispered togeth-
er. In minute they had resolved upon some
thing. Inc tenor OF their reasoning may be
he could be no ireauenter 81 the eyee else o he
would never call for lemonade: he was not
worst dens in the city; he was probably one OF
the visiting school teachers: he must have
w . to % Is bS fhs
was probably the way they argued. though in
different terms. The two men rose, walked to
on either side OF the visitor,
The stranger said not q word. He seemed
to be sd Sn in the slow % ST Of
parent accident and fell against the man In
the linen ulster. sh9ying him against the ruff
ronred out that the stranger had shoyed him
purp2sely, and that he would have blood for
moment his pal on the other side reached BACK back
his hand to draw a - life preserver for imme-
date use. The barkeeper grinned;
He slipped aside from the blow with the Silent
Hs two at
an expression on his brown face which was a
mixture Of mild surprise. subdued ferocity.
the the words, Veil. iii be & Then , he stroIlea
over to the door locked It gently. and dropped
upSn chair The thugs stood perp f sl.0 A.
a., There was no particular ostentation about
coat. He performed tho act deliberately, and
did not at the time seem to be aware that there
removed the garment he folded 1t and laid 1t
very carefully upon chair. He now stood re.
vcaled.
The only garments which remained upon the
less knit shirt. His neck, brown as hts face,
cords laced upon it's surface. His chest was
the chest of a bull,I,broad and deep. His arms
sof. as silk-softer than silk can be manufac-
tured: About them. underneath this siken
Sc9vering. were twined great cables of muscles;
stretched them out and drew them in again in
and then stepped INTO The centre 81 the room oni
and made few remarks. What he said was as
Made bak, didn't ye. cullies? Took me
for a gray, coz l didn't wear store toggery.
Fact is. Pm training for fight with Teller
an put on ther linen ulster ter get or drink In.
can't drink anything but soft stun coz I'm In
trainin' for the fight. You'd be there at the
light 81 yer was well enough, but yer won't be
The caller made no other remarks. The
was IN their way yi m S The one u with
down iainting with body blow. " The othesr
man received on the prominent part OF the
WY S e S ps MIN
effect prrcphesied. Then the Caller had pleas ,e
him by the back OF the neck, hauled him over
the counter, and gave him. confldentially, a lot
OF information about his ancestry. With great
care he subsequently gathered him up. and
threw him over the bar again among the bot
room Then he put on his coat carefully. I'M
locked the door. and wandered out into the
street.
The barkeeper and tho dog were tho first to
recover. The dog whined and crawled under
the table again, The barkeeper got up rub
over and gave some Of the same li1uor or to nt the
slowly reviving thugs. They climbed into the
seats they had occupied twenty minutes be-
lustre eyes. Ono OF them wiped away with his
sleeve the blood which was trickling from his
bar. Peace reigned once more upon the levee.